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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a British film of genre Drama directed by Alberto Cavalcanti released in USA on 3 december 1947 with Stanley Holloway
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 3 december 1947
Length 1h48
Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Drama
Rating68%
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a 1947 British drama film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti and starring Cedric Hardwicke. The screenplay by John Dighton is based on the Charles Dickens novel The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1839). This first sound screen adaptation of the book followed silent films released in 1903 and 1912.
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After the patriarch of the family dies and leaves them with no source of income, Nicholas Nickleby, his mother, and his younger sister Kate venture to London to seek help from their wealthy, cold-hearted uncle Ralph, an investor who arranges for Nicholas to be hired as a tutor at Dotheboys Hall in Yorkshire and finds Kate work as a seamstress. Nicholas meets Mr. Squeers just as he concludes business with Mr. Snawley, who is "boarding" his two unwanted stepsons.Actors
Stanley Holloway
(Vincent Crummles)
Derek Bond
(Nicholas Nickleby)
Cedric Hardwicke
(Ralph Nickleby)
Sally Ann Howes
(Kate Nickleby)
Mary Merrall
(Mrs. Nickleby)
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